Comments on: After rounding the curve and making its station stop, GO 9806 shoves east towards the end of the line at Pickering.Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.

By: sdfourty

sdfourty — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 01:52:26 +0000

And note the CNR Danforth Depot at extreme left. And push engines needed for Danforth and Scarboro hills (east and west). The CN 4000′s T class 2-10-2′s were primarily assign to push service from the Port Union pocket track to Cherry Street.
sdfourty

By: Paul O'Shell

Paul O'Shell — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 18:38:58 +0000

John, nice to catch a glimpse of the former CN Danforth Work Equipment shop at the right of the frame.
In March of 1974 when you snapped this pic, I was working at the shop and in the second of four years of my apprenticeship Class A heavy equipment mechanic.
Wonderful memories from 50+ years ago.
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50544

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:20:42 +0000

It definitely looks different in 1974! I hired on in 1981 and CN’s Danforth Yard was a shadow of its former self. This is where we practised how to get off and on freight cars. By this time the yard had been turned over to the track department and most of the tracks had been removed. The yard was used to serve various industries in the area. I am not sure if this is accurate but I was told they used to have steam pushers based there to help freight trains get up the hill from Cherry St to Scarborough and westward trains from Guildwood to Scarborough?

By: Aitch

Aitch — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:48:07 +0000

Interesting to see the various industries nearby and a yard full of traffic. And the scene in the distance looks almost rural.

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:47:30 +0000

Great pic of times gone by. Now the roles are reversed and the locomotives pull going east and push going west.